Blue Stripe - Printer Version

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For Blue Stripe, grading to Blue Belt.

2 Step Sparring

To be promoted to your next grade, you are required to perform 2-Step Sparring, numbers 1 to 4

Number One

Attack:
Walking Stance, High Punch - Front Kick
Defence:
Walking Stance, Rising Block - Walking Stance, X-Block
Counter = Twin Punch

Number Two

Attack:
L Stance, Side Punch - Turning Kick
Defence:
L Stance, Upward Block – L Stance, Waist Block
Counter = Side Elbow

Number Three

Attack:
Front Kick – Walking Stance, Twin Punch
Defence
Walking Stance, X-Block – Walking Stance, Wedging Block
Counter = Knee Kick

Number Four

Attack:
Walking Stance, Fingertip - Side Kick
Defence:
Walking Stance Knifehand Rising Block
Counter = Front Kick, Twin Ups. Punch

3 Step Semi Free Sparring - (Ban Jayoo Massoki)

Attacking students start in L stance, guarding block.
Defending students start in parallel stance.
Please note: the attacker starts with either leg back every time.

Korean Terminology

Blocks
Palm Hooking Block - Sonbadak Golcho Makgi
Twin Knifehand Block - Sang Sonkal Makgi
Double Forearm Block - Doo Palmok Makgi

Strikes
Back Fist Strike - Dung Joomuk Yop Taerigi
Front Elbow Strike - Ap Palkup Taerigi

Stance
X Stance - Kyocha Sogi

Free Sparring

Expect to have to do free sparring on your grading. At this level you should be showing carefully controlled techniques, demonstrating the ability to spot openings or weaknesses in your opponents guard, and exploit these through your attack techniques. In addition you should be guarding, countering and blocking and attacks with your defence and dummy techniques.
Remember that on your grading, you shold be showing off both yours and your opponents skills, you would loose marks for being overly aggressive against an opponent who might not be as strong as you in a free-sparring arena

Belt Meanings

GREEN

Signifies the plants growth as the Tae Kwon-Do skill begins to develop.

BLUE

Signifies the heaven towards which the plant matures into atowering tree, as training in Tae Kwon-Do progresses

Pattern

Yul Gok - 38 moves

Interpretation

YUL GOK is the pseudonym of the great philosopher and scholar Yi I (1536 – 1584 AD) nicknamed the “Confucious of Korea”. The 38 movements of this pattern refer to his birthplace on the 38th degree latitude and the diagram represents “scholar”.

The Starting Position

Parallel Ready Stance - Narani Junbi Sogi

Diagram

Do-San Diagram Picture

The Movements

1) TAKE LEFT LEG TO A, FACE E, SITTING STANCE, LEFT MEASURE PUNCH
2+3) EXECUTE A MIDDLE SECTION DOUBLE PUNCH
4) TAKE LEFT FOOT TO RIGHT FOOT, PLACE RIGHT FOOT TO B, FACE E, SITTING STANCE, RIGHT MEASURE PUNCH
5+6) EXECUTE A MIDDLE SECTION DOUBLE PUNCH
7) 45° FACE H, RIGHT WALKING STANCE, HIGH INNER FOREARM BLOCK
8) EXECUTE A LOW FRONT SNAP KICK WITH THE LEFT LEG TOWARDS H
9) LOWER FOOT INTO A LEFT WALKING STANCE, MIDDLE OBVERSE PUNCH
10) EXECUTE A MIDDLE REVERSE PUNCH (PERFORM 9 + 10 FAST)
11) 90° FACE G, LEFT WALKING STANCE, HIGH INNER FOREARM BLOCK
12) EXECUTE A LOW FRONT SNAP KICK WITH THE RIGHT LEG TOWARDS G
13) LOWER FOOT INTO A RIGHT WALKING STANCE, MIDDLE OBVERSE PUNCH
14) EXECUTE A MIDDLE REVERSE PUNCH (PERFORM 13 + 14 FAST)
15) 45° FACE E, RIGHT WALKING STANCE, HIGH HOOKING BLOCK WITH RIGHT PALM
16) SAME STANCE, HIGH REVERSE HOOKING BLOCK WITH LEFT PALM
17) SAME STANCE, MIDDLE OBVERSE PUNCH (PERFORM 16 + 17 AS ONE MOVEMENT)
18) STEP FORWARD, LEFTT WALKING STANCE, HIGH HOOKING BLOCK WITH LEFT PALM
19) SAME STANCE, HIGH REVERSE HOOKING BLOCK WITH RIGHT PALM
20) SAME STANCE, MIDDLE OBVERSE PUNCH (PERFORM 19 + 20 AS ONE MOVEMENT)
21) STEP FORWARD, RIGHT WALKING STANCE, MIDDLE OBVERSE PUNCH
22) BRING LEFT FOOT UP INTO A RIGHT BENDING READY STANCE, FACING E
23) EXECUTE A MIDDLE SIDE KICK TO E WITH THE LEFT LEG
24) LOWER LEFT FOOT TO E, LEFT WALKING STANCE, REVERSE RIGHT FRONT ELBOW STRIKE
25) STEP LEFT FOOT IN LINE WITH RIGHT (ON LINE EF), BRING RIGHT FOOT INTO A LEFT BENDING READY STANCE FACING F
26) EXECUTE A MIDDLE SIDE KICK TO F WITH THE RIGHT LEG
27) LOWER RIGHT FOOT TO F, RIGHT WALKING STANCE, REVERSE LEFT FRONT ELBOW STRIKE
28) 90° FACE D, RIGHT L STANCE, TWIN KNIFE HAND BLOCK
29) STEP FORWARD, RIGHT WALKING STANCE, STRAIGHT FINGERTIP THRUST
30) 180° FACE C, LEFT L STANCE, TWIN KNIFE HAND BLOCK
31) STEP FORWARD, LEFT WALKING STANCE, STRAIGHT FINGERTIP THRUST
32) 90° FACE F, LEFT WALKING STANCE, HIGH OUTER FOREARM BLOCK
33) SAME STANCE, MIDDLE REVERSE PUNCH
34) STEP FORWARD, RIGHT WALKING STANCE, HIGH OUTER FOREARM BLOCK
35) SAME STANCE, MIDDLE REVERSE PUNCH
36) JUMP TO F, LEFT X STANCE, HIGH BACKFIST STRIKE
37) 270° FACE B, RIGHT WALKING STANCE, HIGH SECTION DOUBLE FOREARM BLOCK
38) BRING RIGHT FOOT TO LEFT FOOT, FACE A, LEFT WALKING STANCE HIGH SECTION DOUBLE FOREARM BLOCK
END BRING LEFT LEG BACK TO PARALLEL READY STANCE

Stances

There are SIX stances in Yul-Gok:
Narani Junbi Sogi
Annun Sogi
Gunnun Sogi

Goburyo Sogi
Niunja Sogi
Kyocha Sogi

Blocks

There are FIVE blocks in Pattern Yul-Gok:
An Palmo Nopunde Makgi
Golcha Sunbadak Makgi
Sang Sonkal Makgi
Bakat Palmo, Nopunde Makgi
Doo Palmo Makgi

Punches

All pujnches in this pattern are to the mid section, four side punches, five obverse punches, four reverse punches.